Forget broadband buffering — Chinese researchers use 'hollow-core' fiber to send 64 terabits of data per second across 626 miles, enough to download 160 4K movies a second and cutting latency by 30%
- Chinese researchers report major hollow-core fiber upgrades
- Transmission capacities of 64Tbps were reached
- The technology could replace solid-core fiber in infrastructure networks
No matter how fast your broadband (or 5G) connection is, it could always be faster, and 'hollow-core' fiber could help. Researchers in China have now set new records for the technology, demonstrating two-way, high-speed data transmission across a distance of 1,007 kilometers (626 miles).
As reported by CCTV (via Interesting Engineering), a transmission capacity of 64 terabits per second (Tbps) was achieved in each direction, enough to download 160 films in 4K resolution (50GB each) every second — so perfect for movie night. Individual signals took just 3.43 milliseconds to travel the whole length of the link.
The transmission distance is some 50 times greater than previous hollow-core trials of the same type, while latency was reduced by 30%, too. Signal-to-noise ratios and loss margins were...
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